On 7/16/2004 8:54 AM, Ken Williams wrote:
On Jul 14, 2004, at 2:11 PM, Randy W. Sims wrote:
The spec doesn't currently provide for keywords. I do think it would
be a good idea, BUT I think it needs to be done in a way to avoid abuse.
I think maybe it would be better to put keywords right in the p
On 7/14/2004 3:44 PM, Mark Stosberg wrote:
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 03:11:11PM -0400, Randy W. Sims wrote:
Fergal Daly wrote:
Does META.yaml have a place for keyowrds?
The spec doesn't currently provide for keywords. I do think it would be
a good idea, BUT I think it needs to be done in a way to a
--As of Saturday, July 17, 2004 1:42 AM +0200, A. Pagaltzis is alleged to
have said:
This is not at all comparable to the situation on CPAN. You can't
just s/XML::Parser/XML::LibXML/g f.ex and expect it to work.
Modules must be written to the interface of the module they use,
and if they can pick
David Wheeler wrote:
Moving the conversation over to module-authors...
On Jul 16, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Randy W. Sims wrote:
David Wheeler wrote:
On Jul 9, 2004, at 3:00 PM, David Wheeler wrote:
Yes, but what about applications that require one among a list of
modules? I'm thinking of things like DBI
On 7/14/2004 3:11 PM Randy W. Sims wrote:
The spec doesn't currently provide for keywords. I do think it would be
a good idea, BUT I think it needs to be done in a way to avoid abuse.
> I'd hate to see META.yml files grow by the kb as authors add every
> conceivable keyword they can think of and
* David Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-16 23:53]:
> > Debian's package manager does something different. A package
> > can belong to a 'virtual package'. For example there is a
> > virtual package for email-client. Any package that belongs to
> > the virtual package email-client would satisfy
Moving the conversation over to module-authors...
On Jul 16, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Randy W. Sims wrote:
David Wheeler wrote:
On Jul 9, 2004, at 3:00 PM, David Wheeler wrote:
Yes, but what about applications that require one among a list of
modules? I'm thinking of things like DBIx::SearchBuilder, whi
On 7/16/2004 5:04 AM Randy W. Sims wrote:
I haven't really looked in detail, but I do know that there are a lot of
modules that do this using various approaches. Are you sure you have
looked at them all and that none are similar enough to use or extend
instead of creating another module?
I'm pr
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Rothenberg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am working on a module that when given a CPAN distribution, it will
> determine what modules that distribution depends on by scanning the META.yml
> file or if that one is not present, the Makefile.PL file.
This sh
On Jul 14, 2004, at 2:11 PM, Randy W. Sims wrote:
The spec doesn't currently provide for keywords. I do think it would
be a good idea, BUT I think it needs to be done in a way to avoid
abuse.
I think maybe it would be better to put keywords right in the pod for
the module, so they become part of
Robert Rothenberg wrote:
I am working on a module that when given a CPAN distribution, it will
determine what modules that distribution depends on by scanning the
META.yml file or if that one is not present, the Makefile.PL file.
A while back I started on a module to read, write, & validate the
I am working on a module that when given a CPAN distribution, it will
determine what modules that distribution depends on by scanning the META.yml
file or if that one is not present, the Makefile.PL file.
Is that a good name for it?
It differs from existing modules in that it merely parses the M
12 matches
Mail list logo
